leohtlice
Old English
Etymology
From lēoht + -līċ + -e, equivalent to lēohtlīċ + -e. Cognate with Old High German līhtlīhho.
Adverb
lēohtlīċe
- lightly, slightly, gently, easily, quickly, without trouble, effort, or force.
- without harshness, with little inconvenience.
Descendants
- Middle English: lihtliche, liȝtliche, lyghtly
- English: lightly
References
- leóhtlíce in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary